eBay Listing #330273450428

Over 600 sealed and loose G1 'Formers.

Awesome.

*explodes*

HOLY BAT $#!+

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

My wife and I have been house hunting...what are the odds I can convince her this is a better use of our cash?

OOOF!! That collection pwns him atm, not the other way around.

You could build a house from the boxes...and that way, they wouldn't take up any shelf space.

How stupid.

I mean, toys are fun and all...

... 600 figures, and a target ~$60.000 ... makes 100 per figure.
I'm curious if there's really someone with this much loose money °_O

Seriously, I don't get MISB & MIB collectors, for me it's all about the toy not the box.

... other than that: cool collection

I dunno thats not a crazy price

but the only people I can see with that sort of money are the big stores who will then break it up and sell it on for a tidy profit

An absolute waste.

Sure, it would be great for a store to buy these so they have plenty of G1 stock, but beyond that...why on Earth do you need 2-4 of the same figure? I just don't get it.

Hell, I hate repaints, but even I can understand why you'd buy them, they're changed enough to make it feel like a different figure, but multiples of the exact same figure?

Plastic and rubber wheeled versions? Metal toed and plastic, etc...

Just an absolute waste of money, and took one more figure off the shelves for someone else to have. Hoarders are nothing but worthless pricks.

Wow. Jealous much?

I find it hard to believe there was much hoarding going on '84-'87. That's back when Transformers were toys. They didn't become collectibles till much later, which probably explains why there are so few sealed ones available and why they go for so much. How can you hoard things that haven't been on the shelves for 20+ years?

It could just be that the extras were purchased because he/she needed a part or few to complete a figure already owned. The description did say that this person has been collecting for the past 24 years. Parts and accessories get lost while moving or even rearranging the house.

Auction ends in three hours will the current bid of one brand new Mercedes Benz hold out? I wonder how much of a cut Ebay expects to get off of something this high?

Wrong idea.

I have no reason to be jealous over G1 stuff, I don't collect and/or like it. (I used to collect it, which is why I know about plastic this, metal that.)

It is hoarding. Collectible or not, when you buy that many multiples of a single figure, you're taking away more chances for others to have the same thing.

Tickle Me Elmo wasn't a collector's item when it came out originally. It was just wanted because of how popular he was. Every kid wanted him. Scummy scalpers knew it would be worth more to someone at a higher price because there's always some dickwad willing to spend more than their car is worth on something this stupid. Now, he can be considered a collector's item due to the age, etc.

Popularity of the G1 line meant no Megatron for me. It took 13 years before I'd ever get the chance to own one. That's absolutely ridiculous. Was I jealous? Yep, at the time. But it taught me a valuable lesson. Be among the first to get first dibs or get left behind.

But when jackasses like this guy come in and buy it all up, over and over and over, other people lose out.

so you are jealous then? i know i am - but hey good luck to the seller (& winner)

Um, hey there. I guess I'll start by saying that I'm the owner of said collection. I've gotten a slew of emails over the past few days, some of which referred to threads like these, so I figured I would say "Hey" and respond to a couple of the posts that I've seen.

First off, I wanted to say thanks for even mentioning the eBay auction. All in all, I got a lot of positive emails and the whole experience was kind of cool to see, firsthand.

I guess I'll start with a question of my own and ask how the collection owns me? I haven't actually purchased anything in 3-4 years and it's not costing me anything but closet space to store, so it seemed a little odd.

Wow...ouch. I've heard a lot over the past few days, but I didn't know I was a prick for even having the collection. The fact is, I never stalked the stores looking for this or that kind of variant, especially not in '84-90 when I ranged from 7-14 years old. I think that kind of collector-centric zealotry was a little beyond my years, not to mention beyond my ability to purchase. What it ended up being was a combination of duplicate gifts from relatives and picking up other people's collections at yard sales and the like, in my early to mid 20's.

Does it make me a prick that I ended up with dupes in the hopes of completing a Thundercracker with missing landing gear or Fort Max who's requested purchase my mom laughed at, once Christmas?

I'd like to think that my collecting was innocuous and not at the expense of others, but I suppose there's always the possibility I could just be a prick and not be aware of it. If you're offended, then I apologize.



The auction listing plus final value fees ended up being just under $900. What's unfortunate is that the winning bidder was a new account with zero feedback and appears to be a fake. I guess you live and learn.




Again, ouch.

"Sometimes the things you own wind up owning you."

Beyond that, chalk it up to good ol' inter-webs board silliness...

its pretty messed up that the winning bid was a brand new ID, 0 feedback, and is now no longer registered...

Yeah, it was a bit of a disappointment, but life goes on. I'll just relist it and go from there.

Highest bidder =

*lulz*

$50,100 was the closing price. That's $83.50 an item. OUCH, you know he paid WAY more than that for each item.

I've gone ahead and relisted the collection on eBay, for anyone who might be interested: eBay Listing #330278541986

Did you try the second chance offer to the second high bidder?

Of course. The winning bidder was a sham eBay account who edged out the previous high-bidder at $50,100. It was pretty much immediately apparent what had happened but eBay policy requires that you wait a certain number of days to discount the bidder before moving on to the runner-up.

Once the runner-up was contacted, he enthusiastically accepted, then declined, then accepted but wanted a lower winning amount, then declined again, citing family/work issues.

It was disappointing, but what can you do, right?

After that, I just resolved to list it again, but to end on a Sunday instead of a Monday this time.

PJ

awesome lot dude - hope it goes well this time (to a good home hopefully!)

I see you ended the listing early. Hope you got a nice deal.

Unfortunately, no. eBay took issue with the fact that I was offering 3 G1 Megatrons (gifts or otherwise) and that two of them were pictured in collection group shots and they do not have the requisite orange tips to indicate that they are toys, so the action was pulled. I couldn't even pull the photos or adjust the description because their value was "likely material to the auction."

They offered me the chance to re-list at no charge, if it sells, so I'm mulling over the options. It's unfortunate that it was pulled this late in the game, as I'm sure the existing bidders are as annoyed as I am that this is the second time around.

Perhaps this is a sign that I should just bite the bullet, take the landslide of advice that's been emailed in, and sell everything individually.

individually could make more money imo - but good luck in whatever you do

(you could always sell the megatrons in "The End Cap" here)

"Harry is a 31 year old single guy" That sounded like they were poking fun at collectors.

Anyways, if I were you I'd probably sell them separately, either by lines, factions, character, loose/boxed and or by alphabetical order (1 = A->E 2 = F->J) In all honesty, I do hope your this auction doesn't sell again, so that way you can sell them in groups cuz I'd really hate to see you come out with less than what you paid for them.

Since you are keeping the Dinbots, I think you should at least keep Megs and Prime, that's what I would do anyways.

I think she was trying for a clever turn a phrase with the "600 babies" line. I later found out she saw that I didn't have a ring on my finger and assumed that I was single. The "40 Year Old Virgin"/Geeky single man bits just sort of fall into place, I suppose.

lol

Ebay yanked it over G1 Megs? WTF? There's got to be like 50 of them for sale right now. I bet you some sore looser turned you in.

Reserve not met. Did it sell? Let's us know when / if you put the auction up again Tech, we'll be sure to post it on the TFormers.com home page and help get the word out.

Techlifter.... PLEEEEEASE!!!!! Please, don't sell them all at once this time around. 2 times already the winning bidder was not a registered user.

Maybe it's a sign that you shouldn't give them up...... You ever seen Toy Story? What if one of the loose figures created an eBay account and placed some bids, hoping that you wouldn't give them away.

Like I said earlier: